Læðingr
Old Norse Dictionary - læðingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "læðingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- læðingr
- m. (spelt levðingr in Cod. Reg.), [from læðask?], the name of the charmed fetter with which the wolf Fenrir was bound in the mythical tale, Edda 19.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚦᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Cod.
- Codex.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)